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graduate course on ETA’s accelerated concept to Product process.
Press-Brake Maker Safan to Develop Distributor Network
Finn-Power Oy (a Prima Industrie Group company), Kauhava, Finland, and
Safan BV, Lochem, Nether- lands, have jointly terminat- ed their press-brake distri- bution agreement effective January 1. As a result, Finn- Power will develop its own line of electric and hydraulic press brakes to be distrib- uted worldwide by the Prima/ Finn-Power sales organiza- tion. Safan BV will distribute its electric and hydraulic press brakes, as well as its shears and robotic press brakes, through its own net- work of subsidiaries, agents
and dealers. Finn-Power will continue to offer after-sale service on its installed base of press brakes.
Miller Electric Forges Strategic Partnership to Further its Robotic- Welding Prowess
A new business unit has been formed—Miller Weld- ing Automation—by Miller Electric Mfg., Co., Appleton, WI, following its acquisition of the welding-automation- related assets of Panasonic Factory Solutions Co. of America, Rolling Meadows, IL.
The new business unit combines Panasonic robotic and electronic technology with Miller’s welding prod- ucts, services and support, and will offer an array of integrated systems and stand-alone automated
welding components. On
the horizon: a new, dedicat- ed welding-automation facili- ty in Carol Stream, IL.
Indiana Distributor
to Represent Italian Supplier of Custom Rollforming Equipment
S Tech, LLC, Chesterton, IN, has been named the exclusive distributor in the United States and Canada for Gasparini S.p.A., Mirano, Italy. Gasparini manufactures custom rollforming and fab- ricating lines equipped for punching, drilling, folding, welding, cutting and packag- ing. It’s also been named the exclusive distributor in North America for Cemsa S.p.A., Milano, Italy, a man- ufacturer of resistance-weld- ing machines and automa- tion systems.
Associations
AWS Names 2011 President
The American Welding Society, Miami, FL, named John L. Mendoza its 2011 president and chairman of the board. Mendoza retired from CPS Energy, San Anto- nio, TX, in February 2010, and works as a consultant for Lone Star Welding in El Paso, TX.
Facilities
Stamper/Fabricator Adds Trumpf Laser
Ohio Gasket & Shim Co., Inc., Akron, OH, a manufactur- er of custom metal stamp- ings, brackets, precision shims and metallic and non- metallic gaskets, has ordered
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